Mail and package pickup and most post office services will be conducted from a mobile unit in the parking lot behind the Meeker Post Office starting Monday as the building undergoes an asbestos replacement project. Patrons are asked to be aware of changed hours, to collect packages in a timely[Read More…]
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‘The end of an era,’ as Watt’s grocery store is sold to Aspen-based chain
PRESS RELEASE MEEKER | Clark’s Market, a family-owned, Colorado-based company, is excited to announce that it will assume ownership of Watt’s Ranch Market in Meeker, Colorado, effective Monday, Aug. 26. “We are thrilled to expand our family of markets and serve the Meeker community,” said Tom Clark, Jr., Clark’s Market[Read More…]
OLYMPIC CONNECTION
If you’ve been watching the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, you might be surprised to know there’s an unusual connection between Team U.S.A. athletes and Meeker: the wool in their official Opening Ceremony Blazers. The sheep that thwart the sheepdogs every year at the Meeker Classic belong to one of[Read More…]
FRISCH VISITS MEEKER ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Adam Frisch, candidate for Congressional District 3, held a meet and greet at the Meeker Public Library on Aug 6. Frisch said, “Campaign is going great. My son and I have don a 30,000 mile road trip which is part of our 61,000 miles on the road. We’re on the[Read More…]
HISTORY LESSONS: Agency Survivors, Part III
The result of Meeker’s first panicked letter to Washington, D.C., was an order to Major Thornburg at Ft. Steel to take troops to the White River Agency. They left Rawlins in the evening of Sept. 23. In route, Thornburg sent a courier, scout Charlie Lowry, ahead to Agent Meeker inquiring[Read More…]
MUSEUM MUSINGS:Letters from history, No. 60
White River Agency, Colorado July 7, 1879 Sir: In reply to yours June 27 (A., Colorado, M., 1282), in which you say my expense account of E.E. Clark, in getting a blacksmith, October, 1878, is disallowed because no exigency is shown, and because it is believed a smith could have[Read More…]
The bulls are still on top with only two weeks remaining in the Meeker Summer Rodeo Series
MEEKER | There are only two weeks remaining in the Meeker Summer Rodeo Series, tonight (Aug. 8) at 7 p.m. and next Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. So far this season, no rider has bested a bull in the RBC Fairgrounds Arena and the winning pot has increased to[Read More…]
Pioneers Association awards to be presented on Saturday
MEEKER | This year at the Pioneers Association Celebration, we are honored to celebrate recipients that are so deserving and represent the spirit of a pioneer just in their existence let alone their involvement in the community. The recipients in no particular order are Gus and Christine Halandras, Forrest and[Read More…]
Clark’s Market announces acquisition of Watt’s Ranch Market
MEEKER | Clark’s Market, a family-owned, Colorado-based company, is excited to announce that it will assume ownership of Watt’s Ranch Market in Meeker, Colorado, effective Monday, Aug. 26.“We are thrilled to expand our family of markets and serve the Meeker community,” said TomClark, Jr., Clark’s Market President and CEO. “We[Read More…]
Asbestos abatement project will impact Meeker Post Office hours and public access beginning Aug. 12
MEEKER | The Meeker Post Office will undergo an asbestos abatement project. Abatement will begin on Monday, Aug. 12, and is expected to last 4-6 weeks. As the abatement presents a health hazard, the Post Office must be closed to the public and to the Postal employees until the project[Read More…]
Meeker welcomes new market
MEEKER | Meeker has welcomed a new business called Los Nogales, located where the old Meeker Bakery used to be on 6th Street. Owner Virginia Arroyos sat down to talk about her excitement regarding the opening of her new store. When asked what brought her to Meeker, Arroyos explained, “The[Read More…]
WOOD MAKES NAT’L HS RODEO FINALS
Leah Wood was one of two Meeker youth to qualify for the National High School Rodeo Championships along with Jessy Pelloni, who finished in the top 20. Wood competed in breakaway roping, catching her first calf in 2.95 seconds. She missed the second calf and finished 60th out of 135[Read More…]